[Tormod]

Hey dear Hypography members!

After having run these forums since 2002, I wanted to do something new. Therefore CraigD has taken over the administration of the Science Forums.

I have set up a new project called the Creativity Forums over at http://creativityforums.com.

You should be able to log into that website with the username and password which you use here at the Science Forums. (If not, please let me know!) Note that even though our two sites are in the same family, your profile will not transfer because of the different purposes of the forums. So feel free to set up an entirely new profile "over there".

Can I ask you to please head over there and log in, click around, try things and see if everything works?

And if you like the new forums, please consider helping us grow by posting ideas, art, websites and other inspiring content.

[DFINITLYDISTRUBD]

I see Turtle has himself a new name . Sounds cool.....I think...no explanation of purpose though....log in was a bit stubborn (eh it's new)... What is the purpose of the site? Is there an expected FAQ hiding somewhere? Is it safe to assume that it is for discussing creative type things we are engaged in or wish to try?

[Tormod]

There is an initial statement of purpose in the "Getting started" forum, but I still have some work to do on the basic concept.

Basically it's going to be a forum for all things related to idea development, art, business, innovation, workshop methods etc. Anything that is remotely creative!

All suggestions are very welcome.

BTW, how was login "stubborn"? Didn't it work on the first try?

[DFINITLYDISTRUBD]

It took about three tries before it even gave me the login box then another two to get it to go.


I'll go have a look...must have missed it.

So far no other issues.

This post has been edited by DFINITLYDISTRUBD: 06 March 2012 - 04:58 PM

[Tormod]

Thanks for giving it a try - it's going to be a great complement to our science forums!

Hope everyone else will stop by, too.

[belovelife]

looks like there are more posts in this tread then the whole forum

[Tormod]

belovelife, on 13 March 2012 - 12:59 PM, said:

looks like there are more posts in this tread then the whole forum

For sure. It always takes time to teach pigs how to fly!

[HydrogenBond]

The creative process itself, is a very interesting topic. It amounts to the unconscious mind doing the data crunching. An output from this unconscious processing becomes conscious. This can be easy to understand (Eureka!) or it can be a hunch or gut feeling that slowly and sometimes painfully takes shape (writers block). Once it is translated, you then need to go back and try to figure out how to logically or experimentally derive the answer you already know.

We currently use 2-10% of the brain's capacity but the unconscious mind uses 100%. Tapping into the mainframe brain is important to creativity. But since that aspect can process data so much faster than the conscious mind, is not always easy to translate the output.

As an analogy, say you recorded your voice. Next, we play it back but at 10X speed. It becomes hard to understand. However, with training you might be able to pick out bits and pieces. At 100X speed, all you can hear is a hum. This hum is connected to intuitive feelings, which you can learn to translate in a qualitative way.

If you ever read something that is esoteric and almost sounds like gibberish, this is often someone trying to write the raw data as it appears. To make it presentable to others, you would need to translate the esoteric into normal language. Some of my posts in the past were incoherent because I was trying to present the raw output as it happened. It may have been better to think about it and translate it so it was more polished, but I figured the subject of creativity might benefit by some raw data.

[Turtle]

HydrogenBond, on 02 April 2012 - 08:44 AM, said:

The creative process itself, is a very interesting topic. It amounts to the unconscious mind doing the data crunching. An output from this unconscious processing becomes conscious. This can be easy to understand (Eureka!) or it can be a hunch or gut feeling that slowly and sometimes painfully takes shape (writers block). Once it is translated, you then need to go back and try to figure out how to logically or experimentally derive the answer you already know.

We currently use 2-10% of the brain's capacity but the unconscious mind uses 100%. Tapping into the mainframe brain is important to creativity. But since that aspect can process data so much faster than the conscious mind, is not always easy to translate the output.

As an analogy, say you recorded your voice. Next, we play it back but at 10X speed. It becomes hard to understand. However, with training you might be able to pick out bits and pieces. At 100X speed, all you can hear is a hum. This hum is connected to intuitive feelings, which you can learn to translate in a qualitative way.

If you ever read something that is esoteric and almost sounds like gibberish, this is often someone trying to write the raw data as it appears. To make it presentable to others, you would need to translate the esoteric into normal language. Some of my posts in the past were incoherent because I was trying to present the raw output as it happened. It may have been better to think about it and translate it so it was more polished, but I figured the subject of creativity might benefit by some raw data.

gibberish is as giberish does. unlike craig, i find your posts here deliberately misleading pseudoscientific raw crap and while you will find some leeway at the creativity forum, you won't be getting it from me here no matter how fast you type.

[HydrogenBond]

Turtle, your agenda driven bias and closed mind has not changed.

Don't you think someone who perpetually generates original ideas and who tries not to repeat too much (unless at steady state) knows something about creativity? I also make use of self observation during output generation. I know how it works. I am not saying all my ideas are true or polished, but they are all original.

Maybe you can explain how creativity works. The idea of a creative forum is to create a safe place where people aren't afraid to put themselves and ideas on the line. Everyone knows it is easier to criticize than create. Many guest at forums, won't even write their first post, since they fear the reepers. You do not help by throwing stones and boiling oil, to scare sensitive and creative people away.

This post has been edited by HydrogenBond: 04 April 2012 - 11:56 AM

[7DSUSYstrings]

I couldn't log in or register using my same email...

[CraigD]

7DSUSYstrings, on 04 April 2012 - 02:14 PM, said:

I couldn't log in or register using my same email...

Be sure to click "Sign In" in the upper right of the creativityforums.com main page.

Try using your username, 7DSUSYstrings, rather than your email. (Both work for me, but as our usernames are public, we can discuss them here, avoiding possible confusion and small differences that might be causing problems)

Your password should be the same as the one you use to sign on to scienceforums.com.

[Turtle]

HydrogenBond, on 04 April 2012 - 11:51 AM, said:

Turtle, your agenda driven bias and closed mind has not changed.

Don't you think someone who perpetually generates original ideas and who tries not to repeat too much (unless at steady state) knows something about creativity? I also make use of self observation during output generation. I know how it works. I am not saying all my ideas are true or polished, but they are all original.

Maybe you can explain how creativity works. The idea of a creative forum is to create a safe place where people aren't afraid to put themselves and ideas on the line. Everyone knows it is easier to criticize than create. Many guest at forums, won't even write their first post, since they fear the reepers. You do not help by throwing stones and boiling oil, to scare sensitive and creative people away.

by your reasoning we should admire hitler & the nazis for how creatively they murdered jews, gays, and other "undesirables" identified by their "science" of eugenics. follow our rules or you are out of here.

[7DSUSYstrings]

CraigD, on 04 April 2012 - 03:27 PM, said:

Be sure to click "Sign In" in the upper right of the creativityforums.com main page.

Try using your username, 7DSUSYstrings, rather than your email. (Both work for me, but as our usernames are public, we can discuss them here, avoiding possible confusion and small differences that might be causing problems)

Your password should be the same as the one you use to sign on to scienceforums.com.

First time I tried both. Error message "incorrect username or password." From the link here I couldn't get the sign in click to work. I Binged the site's name and entered that way, clicked on "sign in" and it gave me the dialog box, but when entering 7DSUSYstrings and my password I got the same error message.
If it worked for you, I'm baffled.

[Pincho Paxton]

Sign In doesn't work at all.